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APPLICATION FILED MAY I, 1918- Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

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STORM GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1', 19123.

Patented Nov. 25, 1912).

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STORM-GARMENT.

AppIication filed May 1, 1918. Seria1No.231,792.

tains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a garment of the one-piece type for the protection against rain, wind and cold of chauffeurs, drivers, aeronauts, pedestrians, and others who are exposed to extreme weather conditions and yet must have unrestricted use of their limbs in the performance of their duties; and to provide means having the above qualifications which will retain their protective relations regardless of any and all possible movements and contortions of the body of the wearer without imped ing or ofier'ing any restraint to the freedom thereof. g

' Further objects and advantages will appear in the course of the following description of a preferred embodiment .of the invention, it being understood however that changes in-form, proportions and details may be resorted to, within the scopeof the appended claim, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of a garment showing the relations between themembers thereof when closed and fastened for use.

Fig. 2 is a transverse or horizontal sectional view of the same taken at or about the waistline.

Fig. 3 is a front view with the outer coat flaps folded outwardly to expose the inner coat flaps, and a portion of the coat skirt being broken away to show the relation between the looped or bloused connection and the coat and trousers members of the garment.

Fig. 1 is a detailed enlarged sectional view of the intermediate or waist portion of the garment to show more clearly the connection between the main members thereof.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the fastening means employed for connecting the adjacent edges of the inner coat flaps.

Fig. 6 is a detail transverse section taken in the plane of one of the ankle straps.

between the coat and Fig. 7 is a similar view taken in the plane of one of the leg straps.

In the illustrated construction, the garment consists essentially of a coat member 10 and a trouser member 11 connected by an intermediate looped or bloused element 13 interposed between said coat and trousers members and oined thereto near the waistlines of the same, respectively, the coat and trousers members'being independently supported, as for example the coat element from the shoulders of the wearer, and the top of the trousers member at or near the waist- .as, for example, by for free runnmg re- 15. which are atline of the wearer a belt 1e extending lation through loops tached to the top or near the upper edge of the trousers member, as 'shown'in detail in Fig. 4, and are free to move transversely or toward and from the body of the wearer to permit of the tightening of the belt suiiiciently to properly support "the trousers member without causmg the puckering or overlapping of portions of the garment itself. The folding or blousing of the connecting element 13 between the waistline portions of the trousers and Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 25, 1919.

coat members affords an ampleprotection for the seams or lines of connection between the said element and the coat and trousers members, and at the same time permits of free bending moveme t of thewearer at the waist without causing exposure of the seam or stitch lines, and without involving any tendency to pull or strain either member of the garment, and hencewithout tendency to disarrange the parts'or offer any restriction to the movements of the wearer, .and the skirt or valance portion 16 of the coat member hangs down over and conceals the de pending loop or blouse portion formed by the intermediate element 13 so as to afford an additional protection to the connection trousers members of the garment. It will be understood that any desired means for connecting and adjusting the ends of the belt may be employed, the adjustment of the girth thereof to suit being effected, by reason of the freedom of movement of the guide loops 15 without disarranging the upper edge of the trousers member, and in order that additional, or supplemental, or substitute means for supporting the trousers member may be employed, buttons 17 suitable for the attachthe size of the waist of the wearer ment of suspenders may be attached to said trousers membernear the waistline thereof, as also shown in Fig. 4. 1

The legs of the trousers member provided with girth straps or equivalent fastening means 18 and 19 located for ex ample, respectively at the calf and ankle portions thereof, or may be provided with any equivalent means for maintaining the lower extremities of the trousers, member ing male and female elements 23 and 24,

shown in detail in Fig; 5, which extend con tinuously from the top of the coat member nearly to the crotch line of the garment, as indicated in Fig. 3, and consisting, respectively, of a tongue constituting the main element and cooperating complementary wings 25, said tongue preferably being provided with a continuous longitudinal enlargement forming a rib or bead 26 for engagement with the complementary grooves 27 formed. in the inner surfaces of the wings 25 and combining to form a 'continuous'seat to provide, 1n connection w1th the r1b or bead, the

desiredinterlock. Obviously, the wings are flexible or resilient, having a tendency to close or approach each other, so that whereas troduction of the tongue forming the male member 23, they immediately resume their normal position and grasp the tongue,when

- 'the rib or bead 26. is in'registration with the complementary grooves 27, so as to" resist relative displacement of said elements and effectively prevent wind or rain which may may be V I edge portions of said coatlmember theymay be separated to perm1t of the inpenetrate beyond the outer coat flaps, from finding access to the interior of the garment.

As illustrated, the inner coat flaps are formed as a continuation'of the connecting or bloused element which serves to join the trousers and coat members of 'the garment,

so that the blouse efl'ect of theconnecting element 13 is extended across the front of the garment below the lower extremity of the joint between the inner coat flaps, as indicated in Fig. 3, not only to afford the free movements at the waistline of the wearer,

but also to serve as an additional protecas will be noted by reference to Fig. 1, the

said skirt portion of the coat falling over the looped or bloused portion of theconnecting element as above noted, to permit'of rel.- ative movements of themain members of the garment without disturbing theirrelations to the body of the wearer.

Having described the invention, I claim:

In a garment, a coat member, a trousers member, a transversely looped connecting member extending completely about said coat and trousers; members and attached thereto, the front portion of said connecting member being extended substantially tothe neck line of the coat member and attached thereto at its lateral edges remotefrom the front edges of said coat member sorasto form an inner protecting member, thefront forming outer protecting flaps. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses. p

, Aueusr NOGAR;

Witnesses: v

BENNETT S. JoNEs, JOHN F. BYRNJa. 

